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Safety is very important when riding a bike, and there are some easy safety measures you can take to protect yourself. Wear a cycling helmet. Falling from a bike or being knocked off in an accident can cause head injuries, so a …more- Here is our latest blog from Forum Chair, Malcolm Kielty MBE on the abundance of hindsight and the scarcity of foresight! Isn’t hindsight a wonderful attribute? Right now, everyone has hindsight. Media commentators, experts, …more
- Bike use during the coronavirus lockdown has surged, with many of us going back to two wheels. But how do you choose the right bike for you, with so many types now on the market. The British Government has encouraged people to …more
- Mum Blog: Living the lockdown with my teenage daughter! When I look back to Christmas, our thoughts and plans for the future, it feels like we are living in some weird dystopian novel. Increasingly worried about the environment, …more
- Forum Chair Malcolm Kielty compares the challenge of beating the coronavirus with a gardener’s travails with weeding out the humble dandelion. Some folk just don’t get it do they? Keep consistent with social isolation and …more
- Read our latest blog from Forum trustee Michael Riley on how he is dealing with the enforced lockdown! 13 April 2020 So as one of a group of people which it appears will be locked down for 12 weeks, and this is only week three …more
- Why do we say and do such peculiar things? At a time of national crisis, when every news headline is about the coronavirus, here are some light-hearted reflections, from a reader, on the strange things we say and do. We hope …more
- By now, many of us will have been self-isolating at home for weeks, shielding ourselves from the coronavirus outbreak in the UK. Right now, more than ever, we need things to keep us busy and entertained at home. Happily, through …more
- Guidance for the public on mental health and wellbeing during the crisis Public Health England has published a really useful guide for the public on looking after their mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak. …more
- Phil has noticed a quiet revolution that’s starting to get a hold in Calderdale! Just a few quick thoughts on a quiet revolution that has been happening under our noses in the last couple of years. Cycling has always been a …more
- Mike has found a new pastime and he’s enjoying it! As we get older and then retire it becomes a problem as to what we might fill our spare time with? I had been involved as a volunteer at our local rugby club but as I got …more
- Malcolm’s got a new pair of glasses and he’s not sure he likes what he’s seeing! So now it’s official! I’ve got the certificate from Specsavers to prove it and the bifocals to show I that I’ve been driving …more
- Michael chooses to count his blessings as a significant birthday comes and goes! There are benefits in getting older – and especially on reaching 80! I had not realised this until two official letters fell through my …more
- Tony’s New Year resolutions are influenced by the realities of growing old and yet tinged with unexpected optimism. Funny isn’t it how procrastination can fill so much time? It’s been 25 years since my wife and I plunged …more
- Mike muses on the way our personal histories can be so easily lost and suggests a solution I read recently in the paper that someone had suggested that all grandparents give their grandchildren a piece of paper and a pen/pencil …more
- Malcolm muses on the dangers of not planning ahead as you get older…..and then blaming everyone else when it all goes wrong! My dad used to sit in front of the telly and say “I can’t be doing with all this dot com …more
- Mike looks back at a tricky search for treatment for, what on the face of it, seemed like a minor ailment. It all began in January 2019 . . My wife was feeling as if she had a blockage in her ears and was finding it increasingly …more
- The Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) is a network bringing together housing, health and social care professionals in England, Wales, and Scotland to develop and promote innovative housing solutions for an ageing …more
- Sometimes finding the products you need to make you life easier can be difficult, particularly if you are elderly or disabled. NRS Healthcare is a website that carries and amazing range of products, providing thousands of people …more
- Public Health England are promoting brisk walking for just 10 minutes a day. A brisk 10 minute walk every day can make a difference to your health. Each 10 minute burst of exercise is known as an “Active 10”. A Press Release from …more